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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(07:51) - Is machine learning just statistics?
\n(12:14) - NeurIPS vs ICML
\n(14:30) - Data is more important than algorithm
\n(20:14) - The role of hardship in education
\n(28:57) - How Charles and Michael met
\n(33:30) - Key to success: never be satisfied
\n(36:47) - Bell Labs
\n(48:15) - Teaching machine learning
\n(58:25) - Westworld and Ex Machina
\n(1:06:24) - Simulation
\n(1:13:14) - The college experience in the times of COVID
\n(1:41:52) - Advice for young people
\n(1:48:44) - How to learn to program
\n(2:00:07) - Friendship